RE: Not described in words

<current>
All functionality of the content is operable through a keyboard
interface without requiring specific timings for individual keystrokes,
except where the underlying task requires time-dependent analog input.
</current>

If (as Bruce notes below) the problem is about how long an individual
keystroke lasts, how about something like this?

<proposed>
All functionality of the content is operable through a keyboard
interface without requiring a specific duration for any individual
keystroke, except where the underlying task requires time-dependent
analog input. </proposed>


John

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Behalf Of Bailey, Bruce
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 7:39 AM
To: Sean Hayes; Gregg Vanderheiden
Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Subject: RE: Not described in words



<current>
All functionality of the content is operable through a keyboard
interface without requiring specific timings for individual keystrokes,
except where the underlying task requires time-dependent analog input.
</current>

> GV "The first is the requirement that keyboard input not have
> timing requirements on it.  That is you can require the 
> person to tap out Morse code on a key and call that keyboard access".

It is subtle, but from my recent conversation with Gregg I understand
that "specific timing for individual keystrokes" is about *how* the keys
are pressed and not *when* the keys are pressed.  I used Frogger to
illustrate the difference, but Morse code could work as an example if it
uses two keys (one for each tone).

> SH:  Maybe something like:
> "All functionality is operable through a keyboard interface,
> except where the command or outcome cannot be reproduced by 
> [a small set of strokes]"

I think this is good, but it is almost recursive in how it excludes a
built-in Mouse-Keys-Like feature.

[And yes, I do believe that such a possibility must be considered. I
have had more than one developer cite Mouse Keys (at the OS level) as
satisfying 508 1194.21(a)!]

I also think the current wording is okay, but ambiguous on the timing
aspect, and I am at a loss to provide a suggestion for improving it.  Is
the How to Meet the place to explain that games that use timing as play
element do not automatically fail 2.1.1?  I would like to see the
examples for illustrating "time-dependant analog input" to be less
exotic.  (Maybe Paint and Mine Sweeper, instead of Water Coloring and
Helicopter Simulator?)

Of course, I still feel "not textually discernable" is easier to parse
than "time-dependant analog input" so perhaps my judgment is suspect...